Eugene “Joey” Albin and Julie A. Ward on the parallels between the imagined Viking past of “Midsommar” and the racist, nationalist myths held up by neo-Confederates in the USA.
Midsommar’s Nordic Nationalism and Neo-Confederate Nostalgia
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple Release Date: December 18, 1985 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Whoopie Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey. Tag Lines: “Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Story.” “It’s about life. It’s about love. It’s about us.” Relevance: ‘The Color Purple’ was released in December of 1985. Directed by […]
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The Films of 2020: Ava (dir by Tate Taylor)
Ava tells story of Ava Faulkner (Jessica Chastain), who has a troubled past, a turbulent present, and an uncertain future. As we learn via a series of still frames during the film’s opening credits, Ava was the valedictorian of her high school class but her bright future was derailed by her own alcoholism. She killed […]
The Films of 2020: Ava (dir by Tate Taylor)
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Poltergeist
Poltergeist Release Date: June 4, 1982 Director: Tobe Hooper Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight. Tag Lines: “From a dimension beyond the living, a terror to scare you to death.” “Mommy, Daddy, where are you?” “Its form is revealed, Its focus is clear and the games are over.” “They’re here.” “It knows […]
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West Side Story
West Side Story Release Date: October 18, 1961 Director: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins. Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn. Tag Lines: “Watch this shot now. Hey. Shoot, man. Go. Hey, yeah.” “Unlike other classics, West Side Story grows younger!” “The Screen Achieves One of the Great Entertainments in the […]
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American Splendor: Fun Harvey Pekar Sort of Romp
Splendour. Here’s a cult classic from 2003 starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis. Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, it tells the tale of everyman comic book writer Harvey Pekar. American Splendor Harvey Pekar (1939-2010) became an unlikely underground comic book star. Although he wasn’t an artist, his sardonic autobiographical style appealed to […]
American Splendor: Fun Harvey Pekar Sort of Romp
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Shaun of the Dead (2004) Review
Time: 99 Minutes Age Rating: Cast: Simon Pegg as Shaun Nick Frost as Ed Kate Ashfield as Liz Lucy Davis as Dianne Dylan Moran as David Penelope Wilton as Barbara Bill Nighy as Philip Director: Edgar Wright Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a salesman whose life has no direction. However, his uneventful life takes a sudden turn […]
Shaun of the Dead (2004) Review
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Another look at Eyes Wide Shut – A review of Stanley Kubrick’s last and final film
I rarely do summaries of films. Just go to Wikipedia if you want that. But this still may contain spoilers! It’s hard to believe that the guy who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange could create something like Eyes Wide Shut. Is that a compliment or an insult? Well, depending on how […]
Another look at Eyes Wide Shut – A review of Stanley Kubrick’s last and final film
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Film Okuması: Alien Filmleri
Prometheus (2012) Filmin özgün öyküsü özetle şu: Yeryüzünde yaşamı başlatan, “mühendis” dedikleri uzaylılarmış. Mühendislerin yurdunda yaşamı kim başlatmış, o konuya girilmiyor. Mühendisleri bulacaklarını umdukları yıldız sistemine araştırma yolculuğu yapmak için Peter Weyland bir bilimadamları takımı oluşturuyor. Vardıkları gezegende kafalarındaki sorulara beklemedikleri yanıtlar alıyorlar. Kendilerinden hoşnut olmayan bir mühendisle ve ayrıca öldürücü bir maddeyle yüz yüze […]
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High Price to Pay – Sound of Metal (2019)
Change can be difficult. So this is about a heavy metal drummer named Ruben (Riz Ahmed). His life is about to be thrown through a loop when he starts to lose his sense of hearing. He has no choice but to figure something out posthaste. Now I went into this movie fully expecting it to […]
High Price to Pay – Sound of Metal (2019)
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Nomadland Wins in Chicago!
The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their picks for best of 2020 today! Check out their nominees here and the winners below! BEST PICTURE Nomadland BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao – Nomadland BEST ACTOR Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand – Nomadland BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Raci – Sound of Metal […]
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Enola Holmes: 2020 Feminist in 1884.
I wasn’t 100% sold on the trailer, I can’t stand the typical posh British accent in films, you know the ONLY British accent that seems to exist in the film industry… Well as soon as I heard this accent come out of Enola Holmes mouth I kind of checked out, but then I watched it. […]
Enola Holmes: 2020 Feminist in 1884.
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Movie Review: The Gentlemen (2019)
The Gentlemen (2020) Released: January 24th, 2020 Genre: Crime, Comedy, Action Director: Guy Ritchie Writers: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell , Jeremy Strong Opening Thoughts: Going into 2020 I was all excited for a bunch of movies. (Little did I know!) One of the first to get […]
Movie Review: The Gentlemen (2019)
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The Assistant
The Assistant: Kıymeti Bilinmeyenler (İnceleme) 2020 Sundance Film Festivali’nin programında yer alan The Assistan, Kitty Green’nin yazıp yönettiği ilk kurmaca film. Zorba bir patron ve küçümseyici iş arkadaşlarıyla çalışarak, gereğinden fazla iş yükünü sırtlanmak zorunda kalan asistan rolünü Ozark ile Emmy Kazanan Julia Garner canlandırıyor. Genelde özel sektörde çalışmayı düşünen henüz yeni mezun olmuş çaylaklara […]
The Assistant: Kıymeti Bilinmeyenler (İnceleme)
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TV Review: Hulu`s “No Man`s Land” (2020)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. There are plenty of documentaries about the YPJ (Women’s Protection Units) that talk about many heroic women that stand for their land against ISIS. Some women are recruiters while most of them have their own stories to share before joining the army forces. “No Man’s Land”, from HULU, created […]
TV Review: Hulu`s “No Man`s Land” (2020)
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OSLO, AUGUST 31ST ( JOACHIM TRIER, 2011)
Şehrin içinde bizi var eden, yaşama ortak eden ve bizi onun bir parçası yapan şeyleri hatırladığımız zamanlarda izlenmesi gereken bir film. Oslo, 31 Augustos, melankoli ve yalnızlık içerisinde hayatı yitip giden zeki, alımlı bir adam olan Anders’in izinde bir film. Şehir dışında bir uyuşturuc rehabilitasyonuna katılan Anders, yakın zamanda bu sağlık merkezinden ayrılacak ve tekrar […]
OSLO, AUGUST 31ST ( JOACHIM TRIER, 2011)
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The Call: Kiminle Konuştuğuna Dikkat Et
The Call: Kiminle Konuştuğuna Dikkat Et (İnceleme) Başrollerinde Miracle In Cell No 7’dan tanıdığımız Park Shin-hye ve The Burning’ten tanıdığımız Jeon Jong-seo’nun olduğu zamansal atlamalı 2020 yapımı bir Netflix gerilim filmi. 20 yıl arayla aynı evde yaşayan iki genç kız evdeki sabit hatlı telefon sayesinde birbirleriyle iletişim kurmaya başlar. 1999 yılında yaşayan Young-sook (Jeon Jong-seo), […]
The Call: Kiminle Konuştuğuna Dikkat Et (İnceleme)
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Spoiler-Free Review of “The Wilds” on Prime Video: So Much More than a “LOST” Rip-Off
The Wilds attempts to find a balance between mystery and survival while exploring the past of each stranded girl with flashbacks. While I can’t dismiss the similarities between both shows, does The Wilds do enough to stand apart from LOST? Let’s find out…
Spoiler-Free Review of “The Wilds” on Prime Video: So Much More than a “LOST” Rip-Off
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Review: “Bill & Ted Face the Music”
The “Bill & Ted” movies are cult favorites, and I think it’s safe to say that without the support of fans, “Bill & Ted Face the Music”—the third movie in the series and the first one since 1991’s “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey”—might not have receiving the funding it needed to happen. Thirty years is […]
Review: “Bill & Ted Face the Music”
